Report from suburban Los Angeles. People who never see much less own and feed livestock buy "hay bales" for decoration all the time at the local feed and pet store. School dances and Halloween decorations are two biggies. Also useful as bedding in suburban chicken coops, mulch, compost etc.

Goats might eat it, also possibly rabbits and guinea pigs that are more discriminating eaters than large ruminants.

Hmm yeah bush hogging is ideal for sure. But in hindsight I’m not sure how good it is for my square baling to put thick weeds through it. I had an issue today and I’m not sure if it’s because some ragweed was thick and mixed in and messed it up